~The Website of the Stepartist of Love Power~I am one who dares to defy the newbie-ignorant attitude of today's common stepartists, and refuse to cater exclusively to the challenge-driven.My goal is to write fun, sensible simfiles anyone can play; in so doing, I stand in the gap so many other stepartists fail to fill, alongside the others who share my stance.I humbly extend my hand and ask you to join me. Those who do are sure to find happiness.

Do you enjoy my work? Do you want to see more of it? If so, please take a moment to show your love by liking "Ace Of Hearts Simfiles." The more love I receive, the more motivated I am to keep doing what I do. You have no idea how much taking a few moments to express your gratitude means to me. Thanks much! ^.^

Welcome to AOHS!

Introduction

What The Deal Is
My name is David Bernardini, and I'm a stepartist, which basically means I write arrow charts for songs, for use with StepMania or on an In The Groove 2 machine as custom songs.

I am dedicated to 3 main concepts:

1) Friendliness to players of all levels. My main pack's focus is songs that have all 5 difficulty levels.

2) Sensible charts. There are no bad charts in my pack; they all make sense. If in the rare event I decide a rewrite is necessary, I'll do one.

3) Fun. The main goal of my charts - even the hard ones - is that they be fun to play.

New To My Site?
You can download my simfile pack from the Simfiles page, or here on the main page's release column. If you need StepMania first, get it from the StepMania Stuff page, then check out the How-To Guide. I offer both 3.95 CVS (which ITG2 is based on) and SM5 (for the purpose of online play).

Chatbox

Please contact us at info@chatwing.com if you can't embed the chatbox.

Do you come for stuff I've personally made, and just want one fast list you can check to make sure all you've got of what I make is up-to-date? Want to make sure you didn't overlook something, that you aren't missing out on anything? This is the list you're looking for. Lists the current version of everything I've made and offers download links in case what you have needs updated.

Featured: A new title screen with new music andsounds is not all the new PrismRhythm 12 offers; fullsupport for Battle, Marathon, and Survival modes andgraphical updates make it nicer and more fun.

HUD Pack (October 2015, After Reorganization)(For use with my PrismRhythm graphical theme for StepMania 3.95 CVS; certain songs will gain special colorful themed frames for the title/time/BPM HUD. Fixed to not crash the game in course modes, by not showing up there.)Size: 2 MB

There aren't any additional course releases yet.
The pack above is my first course pack release.

Site Last UpdatedMay 1, 2017

News

May 1, 2017
* "Little Busters Theme" released! This is my first release in over a year. We're finally doing it again!
* Difficulty spread for "Colorful Precious Life" fixed in listings on the left. I copy stuff, so apparently it still had the spread from the previous release (Star Story). This has been fixed.
* Gave the key for the Touhou Pad Pack 3 download. Link was right, but had no key, so people were asked for a password that didn't exist. Whoops! This has been fixed by including the key in the link.
* Link for GPops 1 has been fixed. I had updated the actual upload, evidently, but had forgotten to update the links on the site.

August 9
* Sorry I haven't done anything in a long, long time. I have a mechanical keyboard now, so more simfiles should be forthcoming in the next few months, especially once I get a dance pad.
* Added GPOPS II, CondorTalon's packs, Scarlet Festival Gathering, and PadColle to the Others' Simfiles page.
* Removed the Speedcore and Tachyon Beta+ packs from the Others' Simfiles page. I have made the decision not to support those packs anymore. Tachyon Alpha, however, remains awesome, partly due to its approach (having all 5 difficulties), so it remains up.
* Fixed "Colorful Precious Life." Dunno exactly how I made the blunder that I did (I apparently left ALL of the link information for the picture and the downloads blank.)
* Finally updated the database. New entries had needed added for positively forever. I also added pack banners in.
* Fixed my contact information (y'know, in that black box below this one). I no longer use Facebook OR Skype, so that desperately needed updating to Discord and Twitter.

November 10
* "Colorful Precious Life" released!. This should be a lot of fun, and is likely to be one of the songs this pack will be remembered for. ^_^

November 8
* "Star Story" released!. This is my first main-pack ballad, and thus my first main-pack simfile to have an Expert 8 chart. (Just to note, "Colorful Precious Life" should be done this week as well.)

October 3
* Reorganized the courses. They are now properly organized for the way my packs are split up. This means everything is now updated for my newly-split packs.

October 2
* Split up my packs into individual releases, the way it should have been all along. Yes, this means that if you want to be compatible now with anything I release, you need to re-download them all. However, this also greatly reduces the chance of any future re-releases, given how I'm now treating any re-writes I do, and it will prevent having to download lots of content for patches, as well.

Changes are NOT fully reflected in the pack link to the left yet (the banner and Mega links are correct), but all of the stuff on the "My Simfile Packs" page is 100% accurate.

* Re-signed all my simfiles' charts properly in the stepartist field, so my name and the year the simfile was released appears properly in themes that display that field (such as the PrismRhythm theme). This goes for all 13 of my packs.

* Updated the PrismRhythm theme downloads to version 13.

* Updated the HUDPack to reflect the new reorganization of my content into volume-based packs.

September 8
* New chatbox. Sorry for the lack of new sims, guys. I've been busy with numerous other things. I promise you, though, that I have stuff in my WIPs folder, and I'll reveal I've been working on "Colorful Precious Life" by Chata. I'm also still planning to get a Precision Dance Pad (though I don't know where $400 is going to come from). So if anyone was wondering, no, I'm not done, just busy.

May 21
* Updated the Picks Packs! See the Simfiles page for details and downloads.
* Inducted "Sudziosis 5" and "ForeveR21" as entire packs! See the Simfiles page for details and downloads.

February 22
* Updated the DDR Essentials Pack! See the Simfiles page for details and downloads.

February 17
* Updated both Picks Packs! See the Simfiles page for details and downloads.

February 16
* Released "Worldly Spirits"!
* Rewrote and re-released "Sailor Moon"!
* Released "Power of Flower"! This is a Single; see the Singles section.

December 18
* Added more download options on the left. You can now see where-all you can get my main pack, as well as the last time I checked whether they work or not.

October 21
* Replaced the ITG Downloads. Instead of being in 2 parts on MediaFire, since they're popular packs, I now have them up in single-segment form on Mega instead. All the links (banner, under-banner, and quick-list) should be correct, but if any are not, please let me know.

September 18
* Updated the Simfile Database (seen on the Simfiles page). Covers everything I've uploaded or updated since the last time the database was itself updated, and also includes years and author information just as the Simfiles page does.

July 6
* Added the AceHub (seen right above this section). Now you have a quicklist on this page, too. :3

July 5
* Updated the StepMania Starter Bundles! They now come with my updated PrismRhythm 12 [NM ITG] theme, and the new trial of my pack.
* PrismRhythm theme updated to version 12!! This newest version sees both course modes (Marathon and Survival) as fully-playable with nothing displaying wrong, which means all four modes of play (Dance, Battle, Marathon and Survival) are now fully-functional! Also features a rather large graphics update, including new difficulty icons, a new evaluation pane, a brand-new title screen, and many other improvements that will knock your socks off if you've played using previous versions of the theme.
* Trial Pack "Let's Try Ace Of Hearts" released! My pack's first trial. If you aren't sure about a megapack that constantly grows in size, and want some kind of metaphorical thermometer to test the waters, the trial pack ought to be perfect.

July 4
* Course Pack Released! This is brand-new to AOHS; I've never had a pack of courses before. You'll find them at the very bottom of the page, underneath the Singles releases. This course pack includes 57 Marathons and 26 Survivals, with more coming in the future! Note: If you use my PrismRhythm theme, it must be the latest version (12) to play the courses properly.
* Fixed the HUDPack. Not anything of concern for normal play, but you may be concerned soon enough if you want my courses: this re-release fixes an issue where the game would crash when trying to load a song following one that had a HUD.
* Patch Pack released. See Latest Main Pack Release item, left.
-> Fixes "Agony" tempo stop sync issue.
-> Fixes "Crow Song ~Duet~" sync.
-> Fixes "Love Beam" [Easy] tempo stop segments being unplayable since they were added.
-> Fixes "Tsuru Pettan" sync.
-> Fixes "Wing of Zero" [Expert] swapped hold lengths in twist segment that made that segment confusing.
-> Fixes Single "Life is Like a Boat (Long Version)" sync.

June 14
* New Main Pack Release!"Ace Of Hearts: One for Love and Love for All" is now available for download! See left.
* Simfile Releases (Main Pack)
-> The Grasshopper Song released!
-> Mermaid Girl released!
-> Step released!
-> I Wanna Be Like a Star released!
-> Bullshit!! Hard Problem!! released!
-> Miracle-Hinacle released!
-> Decisive Battle: Ho-Oh! released!
-> Tamagotchi released!
-> One More Lovely released!
-> Ageha released!
-> Overall released!
* Re-Releases (Main Pack)
(All of these are present in the new main pack.)
-> Senbonzakura has been re-released; the previous release had an unfinished banner. (Which wasn't technically a problem, but pre-release materials aren't supposed to be in there. XD The steps are unchanged.)
-> Sailor Moon has been re-released to properly depict the artist as Nicole & Bynne Price. (The steps have not been changed.)
-> Like a Butler has been RENAMED; it is now known as Barbarian on the Groove because that's its actual name. As mentioned in the new pack readme file, please delete the old "Like a Butler" simfile if you still have it floating around.
-> 777 has been re-released due to a resync (it was significantly late).
-> First Kiss -Fandub- has been re-released due to a resync (it was notably but not significantly late).
-> Pastel Flags has been re-released due to a resync and re-BPM (it was drifting; the exact BPM I first used was apparently wrong).

May 18
* StepMania Stuff
-> PrismRhythm themes updated! Version 11 offers many new niceties, such as a nicer song title/artist pane on the Evaluation screen, nicer headers, onscreen timestamps for score screenshots, a nicer-looking Editor, the ability to have your scores vocalized, and more! If you're using PrismRhythm 10, I highly recommend that you update to 11!
-> PrismRhythm theme now available in Arcade build!

January 28
* Legal & Policies
-> Updated list of who is mirroring my packs, because R21Freak now has them in their database. They are mirroring both my main and Singles packs, plus both Picks packs.

January 26
* Took down the old R21Freak index link, as its thread fell out of contention; instead, put up the link to the new Dropbox Database they have, to make sure you guys have access to the latest way R21Freak is doing things. ^.^
* Took down the link to Otaku's Dream, as, since they now exclusively do keyboard packs for their main series, and thus their rhetoric has changed, and I don't support the way they do things now.

January 11
* I'm in the process of reformatting the StepMania Stuff page. Please be patient as changes are made.

January 10
* I've finished giving the front page its graphical overhaul. If there are any problems, please let me know. I will start porting the other pages over to the new format soon.
* Outside Support
-> "Ace Of Hearts: Unstoppable Love Power," "Ace Of Hearts: Taller When Determined," and the two Picks Packs are now officially mirrored on StepMania Online's download list, and are therefore officially recognized by SMO. Major props to SMO moderator FoxFire667 for doing this. He's told me that the /scan function seldom gets updated, so it won't pick up these packs right this moment; however, I've been assured that when it does get updated, my packs will be on the scanlist. I'll let you know when this happens.
* StepMania Stuff
-> Changed all the SMO room command stuff to notarize what's available on the official server based upon my experiences thus far.

January 7
* Main Page
-> Website banner updated. It was about time on this one.
-> Mission Statement updated.
* StepMania Stuff
-> Updated the SM5 installer download to Beta 2a. Notably, they have now entirely fixed all negative BPM warp issues as of this version; there are now no technical-issue restrictions as to what I or others can play on SMO.
-> Info on unofficial servers removed due to their going down permanently because SMO is now back up.
-> Put up the info for the official server.

December 16
* Simfiles Page
-> Added changelog info for both of my packs.
* Thanks to a report from r21Freak user Fyshi, I found out a few of my links were broken. Thus, the following links were all checked for accuracy, and fixed where needed on the main and Simfiles pages:
-> All Main Pack links (banners, main designations, and quick-links).
-> All Singles Pack links (Banners, main designations, and quick-links).
-> The DDR Essentials Pack has now actually been re-uploaded, given the old link was apparently on RapidShare (wut?). All of its links have been updated, and it should work properly now.This is why you should tell me when things are broken - they'll actually get fixed.

December 15
* Re-uploaded all 5 Touhou packs with un-all-caps name fixes. (This includes "Gensokyo Daydream," "UFOS," and the 3 Touhou Pad Packs.)

December 14
* Added the Legal & Policies page.

December 1
* Starter bundles updated.
* PrismRhythm themes updated.
* Noteskins Pack updated.
* Archives page is now up and running! It goes all the way up to right now (essentially, my November 2013 pack release). It includes pack update downloads, the new "Energy Theory 2" soundtrack, and a downloadable complete history with the story behind the simfiles!

November 28
* New Main Pack Release!"Ace Of Hearts: Unstoppable Love Power" is now available for download! See left.
* New Singles Pack Release!"Ace Of Hearts: Taller When Determined" is now available for download! See left, far down where the Singles releases are located.
* New Soundtrack Release!"Energy Theory 2: Arrow Aria Appreciation" is now available for download! See the Archives page.
* The Simfile Database has been updated. See the Simfiles page.
* I acknowledge that my download for "Sakura Kiss -English Dub- has been forcibly removed by MediaFire. I plan to possibly re-upload it at some point.

Contact & Resources

Methods of Contact

* Discord. Where I'm at all the hours I'm awake. The link goes to my server. Feel free to join. I'm "Ace Of Arrows" on there.

* Twitter. Presently the place I most frequently make large announcements and communicate outside of Discord. Again, I'm "Ace Of Arrows."

* In Person. Presently there isn't really any chance of this, as I'm not going to any arcade regularly. (My arcade is still technichally the Harrisburg Family Fun Center in Harrisburg, PA in the US.)

* My YouTubeChannel. I don't really put much up here anymore, but there it is for reference.

Statements

Mission Statement

I am committed to writing quality simfiles that make sense, are fun to play, and follow after the mood of the song. I strive to be courteous, kind, and accommodating toward my fans and their requests, both online and in person. I readily accept constructive criticism and listen to suggestions for the sake of improving the quality, playability, and fun factor of my stepcharts. I will write all five difficulties for songs from a variety of musical genres so players of all skill levels and musical tastes can enjoy my work, and I will not cut corners on any difficulty level - I will release a simfile only when every chart turns out the way it was envisioned. I personally guarantee that every simfile I release plays exactly as intended from beginning to end.

I now also have a secondary mission: to call attention to, and help to restore, the old charting rhetoric of including all five difficulty levels in simfiles. Too many stepartists nowadays are charting only Expert difficulty and are catering exclusively to those existing hardcore players who seek to challenge themselves, and the newbies have been forgotten. I refuse to leave the newbies behind, no matter the cost. I will continue doing what I do best - producing simfiles that have all 5 difficulty levels - and encourage other stepartists to do the same.

Dedication

Let there be no doubt that my work is all for my fans, and that every stepchart is written with the intention of making my fans happy and allowing them to have fun playing. I am nothing without your support; you're the reason I keep making new arrows to chase around. I appreciate your support from the bottom of my heart.